Comments on: Ripe for an upset? Not so fast

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:48:43 +0000

Yo is crazy and not a knowledgable fan.
1. DJ played in the Uconn Game; (He HELD Adrien, 6-7 and 240lbs, to 15 pts and 12 rebounds).
2. 6-9 Robinson scored 21pts on us as a freshman
3. 7-3 Thabeet weighs 270 lbs now
4. DYson, Wiggins and Price can all guard Gordon as well as Illinois or Xavier ie 17 pt range

Yo should get his facts straight before he chats. I say again, forget Minn, a win or a loss tells us little about our team. But no respect for Uconn will result in a loss at HOME. That will speak volumes for both teams.

By: PostmanE

PostmanE — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:12:38 +0000

Randy:

The heckya mean?

Never gets old.

By: MKH

MKH — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:10:08 +0000

Gopher Nation, I agree with the home court advantage point you make. I think, as T said, the result of this game will probably hinge on Minnesota’s ability to force IU turnovers. I’m hoping that with Bassett starting, IU will be able to avoid enough of them to come away with a victory. By no means is an upset impossible; you guys just have a lot of work to do.

By: Randy McRanderson

Randy McRanderson — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:29:39 +0000

I completely agree with Tommy. Minnesota is nothing but a bunch of Nordic descendants (hence the Vikings NFL team) and Native Americans. Located on the edge of the flat and seemingly endless prairie, the state gets blast-chilled by polar winds for most of the year. If I lived in Minnesota, I’d probably be an homeless alcoholic simply it would beat the hell out of being an ice-fisherman. But ehhh, at least you can brag about your Governor being able to beat up Mitch Daniels. Whoopie!

By: Timmy

Timmy — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:23:33 +0000

Yo Big A – with all these former players leaving comments, why don’t you interview some of them?

By: TommyCoverdale

TommyCoverdale — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:11:33 +0000

Gordon is long overdue for a stellar shooting night. I think he hits 5 threes tonight, goes perfect from the line, and scores 31.

IU-67 Minn-59. The Barn environment will get to the Hoosiers but at the end of the day you just have to remember that its full of Canadians and other obscure Northerners from MinnesOLta… so at least we got ‘em there.

By: MLove

MLove — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:09:38 +0000

AND YET another pessimist. MAN just post good thoughts… I understand this is a place to say how you feel but man. COMON SHERRON. How abt no more predictions and lets just go in open-minded… LETS PULL OUT A W and come back home for a couple games. WHO WITH ME??? DOOOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOORRRRRRRRKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: ALH '00

ALH '00 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:09:09 +0000

That dude at Gopher Nation is using your material in an attempt to convince himeself that MN could actually win tonight. Then comes here to plant seeds of doubt in IU fans’ minds.

IU WILL NOT LOSE TO MN! Barn or whatever…experience or whatever. Bottom line: IU has more talent at (nearly) every position. MN is playing sound basketball because they have a good coach. So does IU. If MN matched up well in any facet, I could see the “upset talk”. But really, MN is not very good and the Hoosiers are very good. And while nothing is guaranteed on the road (see UNC and Duke last night), esp. in the Big 10, if the line on the game were off, where would you put your money?

And that pretty much goes for the rest of the games on the schedule. IU won’t be this much better than everyone left (Wisc., MSU, OSU), but we will be better. So really we should win every game…or at least expect to win. It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to say that (for any of my favorite teams). Feels good.

“Au revois Gopher!”

By: Taco John

Taco John — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:07:42 +0000

Normally, it would be possible for a team to cruise and relax, as they tune out the coach during a long win streak, but when you have a vocal senior leader like DJ and a superstar who is as hardworking as EJ is, it’s much harder for that to happen.

I don’t think they’re coasting or in need of a wake-up call, I just think their struggling with Basset’s injury, getting Ratliff up to speed, and normal freshman growing pains.

By: T

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:03:44 +0000

I think a concern that is being overlooked is the Gophers ability to force turnovers. The Hoosiers have struggled with turnovers, and now they’re playing in a hostile enviornment against a team that has the Big Ten leader in steals.

They need to take care of the basketball – If they can do that I think the Hoosiers keep streaking. If they’re as careless as they were against Tool of I and the Georgia Tech game a while back, I like Minnesota.

(And I know this has nothing to do with anything, but as a White Sox fan, I just assume anytime one of my teams goes to Minnesota for anything they’re going to lose…’cause the White Sox can never win in the Metrodungan.)